Trip Builder

You have 0 items in your TRIP BUILDER - click to close X

Want to create a list of your favorite Maine places and trip ideas? Just click the ADD TO TRIP PLANNER flag that you’ll find throughout the site. To save your list for future visits, click CREATE AN ACCOUNT at the right. When you return, LOGIN again to see your Trip Plan. Email your plan to friends and family by clicking SHARE YOUR TRIP.

Houlton

Downtown Houlton

X

Downtown Houlton

In the early 1900s, the town of Houlton was one of the 10 richest communities in the United States because of its thriving logging and potato industries. You can still see many of the Victorian mansions that were constructed during this era, and the town’s Market Square District contains an impressive collection of buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Recreation

Houlton is also centrally located among the many snowmobiling and ATV riding trails in the Northeast. You can also go canoeing and primitive camping along the region’s lakes and streams.

Attractions

Local attractions include the mysterious "Boy with Leaking Boot" sculpture—it is one of 26 such sculptures that exist in the world, but its original sculptor is unknown. Houlton is also part of the world’s largest solar system model (Pluto, to be exact), which begins in Presque Isle and ends 40 miles away at the Houlton Visitor Information Center.